Sandro Puppo

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| name= Sandro Puppo

| image= Associazione Fascista Calcio Venezia 1940-1941 - Sandro Puppo (cropped).jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1918|1|28|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Piacenza, Italy

| death_date = {{death date and age|1986|10|16|1918|1|18|df=yes}}

| death_place = Piacenza, Italy

| height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| position = Midfielder

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Sandro Puppo ({{IPA|it|ˈsandro ˈpuppo}}; 28 January 1918 – 16 October 1986) was an Italian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Club career

During his playing days, Puppo played for Italian clubs Piacenza, Ambrosiana,{{Cite web | url=http://www.storiainter.com/Notes/Calciatori/SANDRO%20PUPPO.htm |title = Calciatori}}{{cite web |url=http://www.interfc.it/Scheda.asp?id=74 |title=Sandro PUPPO - INTER - ALMANACCO NERAZZURRO |access-date=2009-05-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526002855/http://www.interfc.it/Scheda.asp?id=74 |archive-date=2011-05-26 }} Venezia and A.S. Roma in the 1930s and 1940s.{{cite web |url=http://www.enciclopediadelcalcio.com/Puppo.html |title=Puppo |access-date=2009-05-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080519062102/http://www.enciclopediadelcalcio.com/Puppo.html |archive-date=2008-05-19 }} He won a Serie A title with Ambrosiana in 1937–38 (without playing, however), and two Coppa Italia titles with Ambrosiana and Venezia in 1938–39 and 1940–41 respectively.

International career

At international level, Puppo was a member of the Italy national football team that won a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympic football tournament.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/701024 |title=Sandro Puppo |work=Olympedia |access-date=18 September 2021}}

Managerial career

Later Puppo became a coach and managed the Turkey national football team in the 1954 FIFA World Cup (becoming the first Italian coach ever to do so, 71 years before Vincenzo Montella), and went on to manage teams such as Barcelona, Juventus and Beşiktaş.

Honours

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Ambrosiana-Inter{{cite web |url=https://www.goal.com/it/notizie/sandro-puppo-l-unico-italiano-che-ha-allenato-il-barcellona/blta8337aa8994e8dd2 |title=Sandro Puppo, il primo italiano che ha allenato la Turchia |publisher=www.goal.com |language=it |date=21 September 2023 |access-date=4 December 2023 }}

Venezia:

Coppa Italia: 1940–41

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Italy

Olympic Gold Medal: 1936

References

External links

{{worldfootball.net|sandro-puppo}}
[http://www.enciclopediadelcalcio.it/Puppo.html enciclopediadelcalcio]
[https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/card/648648/sandro-puppo-1954-55 Sandro Puppo (1954-55)], FC Barcelona (per 2020-08-20)

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Category:1918 births

Category:1986 deaths

Category:Sportspeople from Piacenza

Category:Footballers from the Province of Piacenza